Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason fr Sainte-Croix 71.svg |
Insee: | 71401 |
Postal Code: | 71470 |
Arrondissement: | Louhans |
Canton: | Cuiseaux |
Coordinates: | 46.5725°N 5.2469°W |
Elevation M: | 185 |
Elevation Min M: | 177 |
Elevation Max M: | 210 |
Area Km2: | 20.87 |
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃t kʁwa ɑ̃ bʁɛs/, literally Sainte-Croix in Bresse; before 2020: Sainte-Croix)[1] is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent (1918–2011) was born there.
The Solnan forms most of the commune's eastern border. The Sâne Morte forms part of the commune's southern border, flows northwestward through the commune, then forms most of its north-western border.